I am someone who has not used mechanical keyboards before, but I am curious about them since I read everywhere that they are great. The issue I have is that I obviously don’t know which things I will like or not. For example the switches, there are a lot of brands, and they produce different switches. When I read about them, I see the familiar terms: “clicky”, “tactile”, but I have no idea what that actually means.

However, just starting to buy stuff to test it out will become very expensive, very quickly.

How do you start with this without spending hundreds and hundreds of Euro’s at the start (and without knowing if you like it or not)

  • The one and only@sh.itjust.worksOP
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    1 year ago

    I get the hobby-remark, which is very true. But like I said, I’m hesitant to pour in hundreds of Euro’s before I actually know if I like it (a keyboard or the hobby around it).

    Any hints on where to buy these testers?

    • SuperLogica@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I’m in the UK so I don’t really recommend you shopping with a UK store since you’ll be hit with customs 🙄 There are good EU keyboard shops, so it’s worth just doing a search for “switch tester” and limiting your results to Europe. But if you get stuck, UK Keycaps stocks testers, as does The Keyboard Company. Worth looking on Etsy too, as there are traders on there who sell keyboard parts.